Brief Life History of Cora Cordelia
When Cora Cordelia Wilson was born on 22 October 1877, in Valley, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Dotson Wilson, was 23 and her mother, Edith Ann Shinn Martin, was 25. She married Luke A Coffey on 9 January 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Benton Township, Knox, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Thomasville, Pitkin, Colorado, United States in 1900. She died on 20 July 1942, in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Corra C Coffey in household of Lvk A Coffey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cordelia Wilson - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Cordelia Wilson
- Cora Wilson, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890
Historical Boundaries: 1890: Pitkin, Colorado, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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